Brewer's: Bloom

From bloom to bloom. A floral rent. The Lord of the Manor received and rose or gillyflower, on the Feast of John the Baptist, yearly (July 5th, O. S.). (See Notes and Queries, Feb. 13th, 1886, p. 135.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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